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All concert reviews from the UK.

A Distinguished End to the London Philharmonic’s Prokofiev Festival

09/04/201402/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prokofiev: Janine Jansen (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.2.2012 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Andreas Scholl Sings Bach in Birmingham

09/04/201402/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  J. S. Bach:  Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Giorgio Paronuzzi (harpsichord), Kammerorchesterbasel. Town Hall, Birmingham, 1.2.2012 (JQ)

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Categories Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, John Quinn

Ragtime to Rachmaninov: Chaslin in Cardiff

07/02/201201/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gershwin, Adams, Rachmaninov: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Frédéric Chaslin (piano, conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.1.2012 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Takács-Nagy and Manchester Camerata Perform a Stunning Programme of Hungarian Music

09/04/201431/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Kodály and Haydn: Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Janet Fulton (percussion), Noriko Ogawa (piano), Philip Smith (piano), Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Bridgwater Hall, Manchester, 28.1. 2012 (MC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Manchester, Michael Cookson

James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong in a Spectacular Recital at the Wigmore Hall

31/01/201228/01/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Tartini, Beethoven, Paganini, Franck: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) Wigmore Hall, London. 25.1.2012 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie

Rising Star Tom Poster Brings “Sunlit Delicacy” to Brahms’ Piano Concerto No 2

09/04/201428/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Haydn, Ligeti, Brahms: Tom Poster (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.1.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Dazzling Horn Playing Characterises Ligeti Concerto in Scottish Chamber Orchestra Concert

31/01/201228/01/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Kodály, Ligeti, Dvořák: Alec Frank-Gemill (horn), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.1.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

The London Sinfonietta Celebrates Wolfgang Rihm at Sixty

31/01/201225/01/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Rihm, Saunders, Widmann: London Sinfonietta, Andrew Zolinsky (piano), Thierry Fischer (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.1.2012 (GDn)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London
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